NEW DELHI – A Pakistani-born Canadian businessman accused of helping to orchestrate the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, one of India’s deadliest, arrived in New Delhi on Thursday after the U.S. extradited him in the first such transfer in a terrorism…

OTTAWA – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday said he would convene a meeting of top cabinet colleagues on Friday to discuss the threat posed to the economy by U.S. tariffs. Carney, speaking to a televised press conference in…

CAIRO/GENEVA/GAZA – The bombs still haven’t killed Rehab Akhras and her family. But if the checkpoints that Israel has sealed off since the start of March are not opened soon, she says hunger surely will. Six weeks since Israel completely…

MEXICO CITY -Most of the Bank of Mexico’s five governing board members agreed that the risks associated with U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs will add uncertainty to the future path of inflation, minutes of its March 27 monetary policy decision…

BERLIN – The European Union and China have begun negotiations on the abolition of EU tariffs on imports of Chinese electric cars, German newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Thursday. EU trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic met China commerce minister Wang Wentao during…

BRUSSELS – The European Union and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to launch free trade talks, the EU and UAE said on Thursday, amid the upheaval and uncertainties created by U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs. He…

Chinese tea chain Chagee said on Thursday it was targeting a valuation of up to $5.1 billion in its U.S. initial public offering, braving choppy market conditions. Market volatility stemming from uncertainty over U.S. trade policy has tempered IPO activity…

SANTO DOMINGO – A roof collapse at a concert in a popular nightclub in the capital of the Dominican Republic has killed at least 221 people, authorities said on Thursday, with recovery efforts set to wrap up as families mourn…

SYDNEY – Australia on Thursday declined Beijing’s proposal to work together to counter U.S. tariffs, saying instead it would continue to diversify its trade and lower its reliance on China, its largest trading partner. “We are not going to be…

GUAYAQUIL/QUITO – The two candidates battling it out to win Ecuador’s presidency in this Sunday’s run-off have focused their energies on the populous coastal provinces, where voters are pleading for action to tackle spiraling drug-related violence. Incumbent President Daniel Noboa…

BRASILIA – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday that his nation will be reciprocal on tariffs announced by the United States, but noted the Latin American country will “use every word for negotiation that is in…

WASHINGTON -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday said he thinks the Trump administration can reach tariff deals with U.S. allies as he prepares to lead negotiations with more than 70 countries in coming weeks, warning that moves to align…

PANAMA CITY – U.S. Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth said on Wednesday he sees the Panama Canal as key terrain that Panama should secure together with the United States and not with China, adding it was important to protect it from…

WASHINGTON – U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told lawmakers on Wednesday that President Donald Trump was not trying to re-invigorate trade with Russia by sparing Russian goods from new tariffs, but it was up to Trump whether to impose any…

BEIJING/BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON -China and the European Union announced new trade barriers on U.S. goods on Wednesday in response to steep duties imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, escalating a global trade war that has hammered markets and raised the likelihood of…

LONDON – Blackstone has said it has closed a 9.8 billion euro ($10.8 billion) European property fund, as it bets on signs of recovery for the sector despite deepening market turmoil. The fundraise for the Europe Real Estate Partners VII…

GENEVA -China told the World Trade Organization on Wednesday that the United States’ decision to impose what it has called reciprocal tariffs on Beijing threatens to further destabilise global trade. “The situation has dangerously escalated. …As one of the affected…

ATHENS – Thousands of Greeks gathered in Athens on Wednesday to demand higher wages to cope with rising living costs and a one-day strike left ferries docked at ports, flights grounded and trains at a standstill. Along with air traffic…

HONG KONG – China began censoring some tariff-related content on social media on Wednesday after U.S. “reciprocal” tariffs on dozens of countries took effect, including massive 104% duties on Chinese goods, while posts criticising the U.S. were top hits. Hashtags…

SHAOXING, China – Chinese producers of plastic Christmas trees and other festive decorations say orders from U.S. clients, which are crucial for their business, should have started to come in by now. But because of surging import tariffs, they haven’t….

MADRID – Spain will pursue closer trade ties with China in the interests of its citizens and of the EU, its agriculture minister Luis Planas said on Wednesday, rejecting a U.S. warning that moving closer to the Asian country would…

BEIJING – China needs to implement more proactive macroeconomic policies and roll them out in a timely manner as “external shocks” have put pressures to China’s economic stabilisation, Premier Li Qiang said on Wednesday, according to state media. During a…

U.S. stock index futures moved sharply lower on Wednesday after China announced additional tariff measures on U.S. goods, retaliating to President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs which came into effect. China will impose 84% tariffs on U.S. goods from Thursday, up…

BAMAKO/MONTREUIL – In December, Moussa Sacko spent his birthday in Mali scrolling through messages from friends with whom he celebrated a year earlier on Paris’ Champs-Elysees. He hasn’t seen any of them since being deported from France in July. Like…

WASHINGTON – China’s move to impose 84% retaliatory tariffs against the United States is unfortunate and a losing proposition for Beijing, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday. “I think it’s unfortunate that the Chinese actually don’t want to…

MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday that bombing Iran would not pave the way to peace with, and that Moscow hoped that talks between the U.S. and Iran may help to avoid a crisis. Answering…

NAIROBI -Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after U.S. aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said on Wednesday. The…

PANAMA CITY -The United States will “take back” the Panama Canal from Chinese influence, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday during a visit to the Central American nation. After talks with Panama’s government, Hegseth vowed to deepen security…